Tag: war

Report: Attacks by the Islamic Republic Against the Kurds (2025–2026)

July 28, 2026 hugo dersim

Summary of the Report: Attacks by the Islamic Republic Against the Kurds (2025–2026) Reasoning and Approach: This summary is designed for use in an article and condenses the main findings,…

Human Rights, Iran

Urgent Press Release 4: Blackout and Renewed Attacks on Kobane

January 22, 2026 hugo dersim

Water and electricity have been cut off in Kobane. Internet access was also severed shortly after this information was last shared. Local sources report that extremist forces are closing in…

Human Rights, Press Freedom, Press Releases, Syria, Turkey, War Crimes

URGENT APPEAL OF THE PEOPLES’ EQUALITY AND DEMOCRACY PARTY (DEM PARTY)

September 1, 2024 hugo dersim

CONCERNING THE UNLAWFUL VERDICTS IN THE KOBANÊ CASE

17 MAY 2024

In October 2014, as the so-called “Islamic State” (ISIS) was about to take over the city of Kobanê, massive democratic demonstrations broke out around the world, including in many Turkish cities. During these demonstrations, 46 civilians, including 34 members and supporters of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), were killed by pro-ISIS groups, with the provocation of the Turkish security forces.

Human Rights, Press Releases, Turkey

Kurdish people at risk in Iraq

September 1, 2024September 1, 2024 hugo dersim

Introduction

A federal system was established to minimize sectarian and ethnic conflict risks and to foster cohabitation aligned with Iraq’s cosmopolitan structure. Power institutions were constitutionally shared among ethnicities and sects, including Kurds, Arabs, and Shiites, formalized through a public referendum.

Iraq

The Kurdish Center for Human Rights was established in Geneva in 2000, according to the Suisse civil law. In response to the genocide, war crimes and human rights violations occurring across the Kurdish regions of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria.

The KCHR, as a non-profit organization of social utility, was born from the need to inform the European and Swiss people and the OHCHR on human rights violations against the Kurds via seminars and other dialogue platforms and to attend their meetings; to establish a dialogue with NGO’s, civil movements, associations, government and civil institutions.. Read More….